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|name_ref=Flora - A Gardener's Encyclopedia
 
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Latest revision as of 11:16, 7 May 2010


Common Osier foliage


Plant Characteristics
Habit   shrub

Height: ⇕ 8 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 8. to 20 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 20.
Width: ⇔ 15 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 15.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Bloom: ❀ early spring, mid spring, late spring
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun
Water: ◍ wet, moist
Features: ✓ flowers
USDA Zones: 4 to 10
Scientific Names

Salicaceae >

Salix >

viminalis >



Read about Common Osier in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Salix viminalis. Osier Willow. A shrub or small tree, 10-20 ft. high: branches slender and straight: lvs. linear-lanceolate, beautifully silvery, 4-10 in. long; margins revolute, entire: aments appearing before the lvs., golden yellow. Eu., Asia.—Grown for basket material, for the production of which the plants are cut near the ground every year.

Var. gmelinii, Anderss. (var. songarica, Regel). Fls. with the lvs.; ovary sessile, obtuse with a short and thick style and long stigmas. Russia, N. and Cent. Asia.


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